No Gears of War demo

Following yesterdays 'big' announcement that Gears of War will launch on November 17th, the same day as the PS3 in the UK, Epic Games' Mark Rein has today told fans not to expect a demo before release.

"maybe they realize a demo isn't needed because people will buy this game anyway. the only reason people want the demo is to play the game before it comes out (to get used to the controls and gameplay)."

there has been plenty of in-game and actual game play footage so we have a good idea of how great this game is going to be. I am pre-ordering mine after work today. ever since blazing angels i said i was going to play the demo before buying any game but GOW is going to be an exception.

guys...Gears of War is Unreal tournament with better graphics. It's so fun because unreal tournament is so fun. I think epic's trying to make money. They'll do the same thing with the ps3. You guys have to stop hyping a mediocre game. Did anyone bash this news yet? At all? Is that because us "ps3 fanboys" dont bash your system? I thought we did...i'm so f-ing confused!!!

What the hell are you talking about? Unreal tournament is NOTHING like this game, and how could you possibly rip on this game, it hasn't even released and we all know it's the game of the year with no doubt, don't try to knock a game that has gotten applause, praise and every award possible in the past year

That's okay. When you see it in stores and no PS3 to be found, you should go with your instincts and pick up that '360. I'd recommend not even waiting and wasting those months when you could be having gaming goodness right now!!!!

I agree with Cerula on the biz reasons. I also like the idea of not revealing "emergence day" early -- I want the initial load-up to blow me away. The press went nuts over the single & multiplayer at E3. I've got to hurry and finish Quake, Doom, Half-Life2 and others before it launches so I can focus on that. Ahh-- too much gaming goodness, not enough time in the day!!! Life is sweet! I feel bad for the PS3 crowd who don't have this yet (the gaming goodness).